A man from Butterfield, Minnesota, has been charged with felony offenses after allegedly shooting down a drone that was flying above a chicken processing plant.

According to the charges, Travis Winters, 34, used a shotgun to shoot down a drone valued at $1,900. The drone was being flown by Eric Goldberg, a 32-year-old from Oregon, who told Winters and one other man that he was attempting to get photographs of chickens being “slaughtered” because of the coronavirus pandemic and the supply chain issues that have led to stories of wasted animal products throughout the country.

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